I was preaching on what it means to be a disciple. I stopped and asked the congregation - ‘how many of you think of yourselves as disciples?’
I was shocked that maybe only one hand raised besides mine!
This is a group of very faithful people. I had assumed that pretty much all of them thought of themselves as disciples.
So I rephrased the question…
’How many of you think of yourselves as followers of Jesus?’, I asked. This time, more than half the group raised their hands.
I couldn’t resist asking one more question: ‘What’s the difference, for you?’